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Table 1 Least square means ± SE of fetal and utero-placental measurements of high PE and low PE units

From: The identification of differentially expressed genes between extremes of placental efficiency in maternal line gilts on day 95 of gestation

Measurementb

Placental efficiency

P-valuea

Low

High

PE

Sex

PE × Sex

Placental wt, g

322.21 ± 24.14

172.37 ± 25.39

0.0002*

0.7257

0.0479*

Fetal wt, g

831.28 ± 99.36

782.04 ± 106.59

0.5914

0.3647

0.4386

ISL, cm

21.08 ± 3.05

22.19 ± 3.60

0.8208

0.6657

0.9710

CRL, cm

25.88 ± 1.35

25.02 ± 1.42

0.4338

0.2303

0.7022

Girth, cm

17.58 ± 1.34

18.27 ± 2.02

0.7310

0.9900

0.4043

Heart wt, g

7.63 ± 1.06

5.92 ± 1.19

0.2071

0.7930

0.3736

Liver wt, g

21.97 ± 3.14

17.86 ± 3.38

0.1925

0.4927

0.5075

Brain wt, g

19.95 ± 0.72

19.73 ± 0.83

0.8254

0.5937

0.7535

ST wt, g

1.60 ± 0.22

1.50 ± 0.23

0.6886

0.6552

0.8463

Placental VD, %

8.19 ± 1.35

5.74 ± 1.56

0.2689

0.3511

0.4941

Endometrial VD, %

6.15 ± 1.73

7.48 ± 1.96

0.5463

0.8872

0.4179

  1. aEffect of placental efficiency (PE), effect of sex (Sex), effect of placental efficiency by sex interaction (PE × Sex). bISL Implantation site length, CRL crown-rump length, ST semitendinosus, VD vascular density. (*) asterisk indicates P < 0.05